Kyoto vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kyoto	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1026	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2835	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$385	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$914	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$359	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1593	$4464
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	61
😀 Quality of life	90	89
🏙️ Population	1.46M	633K

The cost of living in Kyoto is 47% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5138th and 1984th ($1026 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 285th and 1684th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kyoto compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Kyoto ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 118th and 164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyoto vs Louisville

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	Kyoto	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.65	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1108	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.63%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5276	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5307	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.71	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.71	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.8	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.3	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.4	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$354	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8938	$13578

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Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$924
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$939
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$950
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$959
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$966
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$982
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$949
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$963
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$921
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$920
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$921
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$960
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$1069
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$1075
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$1002
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$935
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$1103
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$935
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$967
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$1055
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$921
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$1105
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$1009
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$935
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1048
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1284
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$1007
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1069
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$933
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$940
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$972
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$977
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$995
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$996
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1041
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$909
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1006

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988